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The Allied amphibious operation codenamed Shingle was launched in late January 1944. It was opposed by German forces in ......more
Professor Larissa Bonfante’s great gift is the ability to evoke in a fresh, immediate, and convincing way the experience......more
"Telling engaging stories illuminating the history of Jews and Jewish-Catholic relations in Rome, Intimate Strangers inv......more
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Austria is your indispensable guide to this beautiful country. The fully updated guide inclu......more
Visit and explore Sardinia, the beautiful island in the Mediterranean, and stop by the Bronze Age Giants’ grave tombs, s......more
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Europe will lead you straight to the best attractions this diverse continent has to offer, f......more
Italian history is not widely read but the period under Mussolini’s shadow is both interesting and relevant to understan......more
Discover Berlin - a cosmopolitan capital with a vibrant spirit. Whether you want to get cultural on Museum Island, dance......more
How the Italian Renaissance reinvented the power of princes by rediscovering Vitruvius and his architecture--and justifi......more
Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the......more
DK Eyewitness travel guides: award-winning guidebooks Find your corner of Amsterdam with this essential travel guide to ......more
The shift from a hunting and gathering economy to a productive economy, based on the domestication of plants and animals......more
The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soar......more
The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soar......more
In the first book to examine the role played by textile manufacturing in the development of fashion in Italy, A New Hist......more
For observers of the European film scene, Federico Fellini’s death in 1993 came to stand for the demise of Italian cinem......more
For observers of the European film scene, Federico Fellini’s death in 1993 came to stand for the demise of Italian cinem......more
English schoolchildren are taught that Sir Richard Arkwright ’invented the water-frame and was the father of the Industr......more
This book introduces a compelling new personality to the modernist canon, Marisa Mori (1900-1985), who became the only f......more
A pathbreaking history of early modern education argues that Europe’s oldest university, often seen as a bastion of trad......more
What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it, where would the rest of us be without this staple of global cuisine? A......more
Stretching into the Mediterranean Sea, Italy is known for its cuisine, cities, and cultures. Learn about Italy’s history......more
Stretching into the Mediterranean Sea, Italy is known for its cuisine, cities, and cultures. Learn about Italy’s history......more
Modern Italian historiography has undergone a substantial revision in the last quarter of a century. From an almost excl......more
Modern Italian historiography has undergone a substantial revision in the last quarter of a century. From an almost excl......more
This book shows how Dante Alighieri has been represented in the Italian collective imagination from the late eighteenth ......more
Fashioning Italian youth examines popular media representations of Italian young people’s style trends and bodily practi......more
In 1935, Fascist Italy invaded Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), one of just two independent states in Africa at the time. Italy......more
This interdisciplinary work philosophically analyzes the role of positive duties in moral theory, the efficacy of theocr......more
Adriatic spans over two thousand years of history and the whole of the eastern Mediterranean region around the Adriatic ......more
This exploration of the environmental practices of Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime invites readers to consider the eco......more
Discloses the richness of ideas and sheds light on the controversy that characterized the transition from fascism to dem......more
Discloses the richness of ideas and sheds light on the controversy that characterized the transition from fascism to dem......more
Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking explores the work of contemporary Italian women director......more
Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking explores the work of contemporary Italian women director......more
On the centenary of the fascist party’s ascent to power in Italy, Curating Fascism examines the ways in which exhibition......more
On the centenary of the fascist party’s ascent to power in Italy, Curating Fascism examines the ways in which exhibition......more
In 1912, Italy occupied Rhodes, an Ottoman town inhabited by Greek Orthodox, Muslims, Jews, and Catholics. Rhodes became......more
A wave of plague swept the cities of northern Italy in 1630-31, ravaging Christian and Jewish communities alike. In Writ......more
Now in paperback, the inside story of one of the world’s most renowned watering holes, legendary since the days of Hemin......more
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The complex appropriation of Piranesi by modern literature, photography, art, film, and architecture. The etchings of th......more
For the first time, the remarkable full story of how the Holocaust was fought in Italy is told in English Rome, spring 1......more
The Italian Risorgimento was the political process that led to the unification of the Italian peninsula into a single ki......more
This book presents the history of Chinese migrations to Europe within a "transcalar glocal" perspective. That is, it mov......more
This book shows how a multidisciplinary approach combining conceptual and methodological tools from political history an......more
This is a translation and new edition of Masaniello. La sua vita e il mito in Europa (Rome, 2007), the first historical ......more
An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental c......more
An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental c......more
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"An examination of an important yet understudied aspect of Italian Renaissance paintings: their lush and detailed backgr......more
The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Resistance Quartet returns with the incredible story of Mussolini......more
Will resonate with readers of the The Forgotten 500 and Code Talker. The exploits, trials, disappointments, and victorie......more
When the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 effectively banned the building of battleships, competition between the major n......more
The Italian educator and physician Maria Montessori (1870-1952) is best known for the teaching method that bears her nam......more
An idiosyncratic guidebook to architectural (and other) wonders of Italy, accompanied by the author’s own witty illustra......more
Best known as the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio is a key figure in Italian literature. In the mid-fourteen......more
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Engaging Italy charts the intertwined lives and writings of three American women in Italy in the 1860s and ’70s--journal......more
The ’long 1960s’, beginning in the mid-1950s and continuing into the mid-1970s, was an epoch defined by social and polit......more
This second volume follows on from the first in recounting the WWII history of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in vivid ......more
The Battles for Monte Cassino encompassed one of the few truly international conflicts of the Second World War. A strate......more
This volume offers the first comprehensive survey of regime change in Italy in the period c.1494-c.1559. Far from being ......more
The text represents a long journey in the debate that characterized the multifaceted political phenomenon of neofascism.......more
How would the history of an urban area look if water were at the center of analysis? Water in the Making of a Socio-Natu......more
In 1966, the most destructive flood in the history of Venice temporarily submerged the city and threatened its extraordi......more
In 1966, the most destructive flood in the history of Venice temporarily submerged the city and threatened its extraordi......more
This book deals with the reception of Italian elitism in the United States, identifying its key protagonists, phases, an......more
This book investigates the relationship between the ideas of nation and race among the nationalist intelligentsia of the......more
This book analyses why the Italian army failed to defeat its Greek opponent between October 1940 and April 1941. It thor......more
Slavery in the Roman Empire, first published in 1928, examines the working of slavery in the first two centuries of the ......more
This book investigates the aesthetic and conceptual characteristics of fifteenth-century female portraiture on panel. Po......more
During the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architectur......more
Now in its fifth edition, The Italian City Republics illustrates how, from the eleventh century onwards, many Italian to......more
Now in its fifth edition, The Italian City Republics illustrates how, from the eleventh century onwards, many Italian to......more
Gazing at each other across the Danube, Buda and Pest, the city’s two halves, have their own distinct characters. While ......more
This illustrated history explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies, the jack-of-all trades war......more
The chilling story of one woman’s rise to prominence in the Italian Mafia, and the as-yet untold stories of the women wh......more
This book tells the story of one dynasty’s struggle with water, to control its flow and manage its representation. The r......more
The Scramble for Italy offers fresh insights on the set of conflicts known as the Italian Wars of 1494-1559. The aim of ......more
Niccolò Ridolfi (1501-50), was a Florentine cardinal, nephew and cousin to the Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII, and h......more
The comparison of early Italy’s and Japan’s colonialism is without precedence. The majority of studies on Italian and Ja......more
Foreword 1. Introduction2. The Development of an Orthodox Christian Panorama in Italy3. A (Eastern) Latin Church in a (W......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to ......more
Roman Myths is engaging and informative, offering an introduction to Roman mythology, its roots, and its ongoing importa......more
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’London Calling Italy offers an expertly researched, thought-provoking analysis of BBC propaganda for Italy during the S......more
In 1915 the young Italian state became embroiled in the great European conflagration of 1914 - 1918. The infant nation’s......more
The Future of the World Is Open examines the work and thought of three prominent Italian feminist philosophers, Lea Mela......more
Houses and Domestic Space in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Hospitaller Malta is a study concerned with a wide spect......more